Of jlanshto



Sept. 6, 1932. A. M. JERSEY CAN OPENER Filed )lay 29, 1931 v gwmwntozPatented Sept. 6,; 1932 PATENT- GFFICE ARTHUR M. or paname, MICHIGAN en;OPENER Application 'mea my 2a, 1931. serial No. 540,978.

The present invention lrelates to can open-- ers, and more particularlyto an opener which is adapted to cut out the top 'of a tin can and atthe same time crimp or turn over-that portion of the top remaining onthe-can.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which isso constructed that it can be readily used with any type of can, eitherround in cross section, square or the like.

-Another object of this invention is to provide a can opener of thiskind which will not leave any jagged edges n either the up-` per edge ofthe can or the severed top por' A further object of this invention is toprovide a device of this kind which can be readily and cheaplymanufactured so that it can be produced at a relatively small cost.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described in and in part be understood from thefollowing detailed description of the 4 present preferred embodiment,the same being illustrated inthe accompanying drawing', wherein l Figure1 is a detail'front elevation .of a device constructed according to thepreferred embodiment of this invention showing they manner in which itis used for cutting the top of a can; l I

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view partly in detail 5 taken on the line 3-3 ofFigure 2.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral designatesone handle member which 0 is pivotally secured to another handle member11 by means of a pivot 13. This handle member 10 is provided adjacentone end thereof with a toothed rotor or disk 12 which is secured to astem 14 carried by a handle15. A bushing or bearing 16 is disposed aboutthe stem 14 and within the handle 10 so as to permit the ready rotationof the wheel 12.

The handle 11 is bent intermediate its length, las at 17, and the freeor inner end of the handle 11 is reverted, as at 18, and this revertedvabout the cutter 19, which movement will at of the can will be securelyclamped thereportion provided with a cutting member 19 which is providedwith a keen edge for engagement with the top of the tin can, so as tosever'the top of the can from the side wall thereof. The outer endportion 20 of the reverted member 18 is adapted to engage against thesevered portion of the top of the can which remains on the can, so as tobend or criinp this portion of the can'against the inner surface of thewall of the can so that no jagged edge will be left after the top of thecan has been removed.

In the operation of this device, the toothed wheel 12 is adapted to bedisposed on the outer surface of the can 21, and the cutter portion 19is adapted to be disposed over the. top of the can and to engage againstthe top 22 of the can at the junction of the top 22 with the side wall21 of the can. In cases where the top of the can is crimped ontothe 7side wall, the cutter 19 will engage the top beneath the crimpedportion. The handle or operating member may then be turned so as torotate the wheel 12, the handles or levers 10`and 11 being disposed inone hand and pressed one toward the other, so that the cutter 19 willpierce or cut. the top 22. The rotation of the wheel 12 will move thecan a the same time sever the top 22 and crimp the 80 portion of the top22 which remains on the .upper end of the side wall.

Through the provision of the wheel mem-f' ber 12 and the crimpingportion 20, the edge between so that the top 22 may be removed from acan which is relatively hot, in view of the fact that the can may belifted and held in such position upon closing of the handles 10 and 11and engagement of the wheel 12 and the crimping portion 20 withI thecrimped edge of the can.

It will also be obvious that when thetop has been completely severedfrom the can, the top may be removed without releasing the can frombetween the wheel 12 and the crimping portion so that the'contents ofthe can may be poured out without physically touching the can.

. 100 It 1s, of course,understood that varlous eha-nges andmodifications may be made in thela details of construction and design ofthe above specifically described embodiment of this invention withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, such changes and modications beingrestricted only by the scope of the following claim.

A. can opener comprising a pair of pivoted handles, a toothed wheelcarried by one of said handles, an operating member for said wheel, anda U-shaped cutting and vcrimping member formed with the other handle andhaving the keen edge swingable partially across one face of said wheel,movement of the handles toward each other forcing the cutting memberdownwardly through the top of the can and eoaetively clamping thecrimped edge of the can between the periphery of the wheel and theclosed portion of the cutting member whereby to prevent slipping of thewheel relative to the can and simultaneously moving the crimping portionof the U-shaped member toward the wheel` to regulate the crimping of thesevered edge remaining on the can.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto aiiX my signature.

` ARTHUR M. JERSEY;

nemesi

